Louis B Staudt, Sr.

Memorial services for Louis B. Staudt, Sr. 87, of Temple will be held Saturday November 15, 2014 at 2:00 P.M. at Garden Estates 5320 205 Loop with Rev. Ron Winsman officiating. Mr. Staudt died Wednesday in a Temple Hospital. Mr. Staudt was born March 25, 1927 in Bainbridge Island, Washington to William Jacob Staudt and Gradele Ferguson Staudt. He graduated from Everett Junior College in Washington. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was a pilot of the Flying Tigers China I that bombed Japan. He was a personal guard of Chiang Kai-Shek and Madam Chiang Kai-Shek. He married Betty Jean Pierce November 8, 1974. He lived in Fairbanks, Alaska for forty years and was a member of the Elks, the Moose, American Legion, Kiwanis Club, National Rifle Association, Salvation Army and Civil Air Patrol. He was an avid hunter and fisherman. He worked for the U.S. Government. He moved to Temple two years ago and was a member of Ocker Brethren Church. Survivors include his wife Betty Jean Staudt of Temple; two sons Vernon Rose of Rogers and Eran Jones of Sweeney; three daughters Mary Ida Vasek of Temple, Janet Weiss of Arlington and Melonie Millwood of Pearcy, Arkansas; two brothers Charlie Stoudt of Washington, John Staudt of California, one sister Sara Starr of Washington; twenty seven grandchildren, thirty eight great grandchildren and eleven great great grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Salvation Army or to Ocker Brethren Church Playgound Fund. Scanio-Harper Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.